Okinawa on Sunday was site of a massive protest against U.S. bases, the latest in years of demonstrations, with fresh anger fueled by the recent suspected rape and killing of a woman on the Japanese island by a former Marine.
Organizers say that 65,000 people took part in the rally in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, and the Irish Times described it as “one of the biggest demonstrations in two decades against U.S. military bases.”
Protesters, who also oppose a plan to relocate a Marine Corps Air Station to another part of the island, held signs reading “Murderer Marines. Out of Okinawa,” and “Our anger is past its limit.”
SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT